Russia: US almost forcing Syria Kurds to confront Turkey
Tehran (KNA) - Russia says the United States appears to be encouraging Kurdish militants in Syria to stay close to Turkey’s border in defiance of a new Moscow-Ankara deal and keep fighting with the Turkish military, warning the Kurds to either leave those areas or be mauled by the Turks.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement on Wednesday that Washington had actually betrayed the Kurds by abruptly pulling its forces out of Syria's northern regions and leaving them vulnerable to a Turkish military offensive.
He was speaking a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, unveiled a 10-point memorandum of understanding following lengthy talks in Sochi on the situation in northern Syria.
The deal, which put Turkey's offensive on hold, requires the withdrawal of Kurdish militants of the so-called People's Protection Units (YPG) 30 kilometers away from the Turkish border.
Peskov further warned that if the militants fail to leave the region, they would be dealt with by the Turkish army.
Source: PressTV